To the Worshipful Thos. Lane< no role > Esqr
and the Nest of his Majestys, Justices of ye. Peace
for the County of Middlesex

The Humble Petition of Jno Turner< no role >
Late Keeper of Clerkenwell Bridewell .

Sheweth,
That your Petitioner has ye. misfortune to be
Confined for Debt in Wood street Comptor, where he
has lain these Three Months, in a most Deplorable
Situation; being Destitute of all ye Necessaries of Life
and Obliged to lie on the bare Boards, for want of
Money to Pay for a Room

That your Petitioner has been Obliged from time
to time to Part with all his wearing Apparel, Etc
Otherwise he must have been Obliged to live only on
the Prison Allowance of a Penny Leaf a Day; it not
being in his Power by any other means to Procure money
for his Subsistence.

That at the time your Petitioner was turned out of
his Place, which was on the 25th. of May he had not receiv'd
his Salary or any Part there of from the 1st of January
last Past, During an Interval of near 4 Months.

Your Petitioner therefore most Humbly Prays
your Worships will take his un happy
Case into Consideration, and give order for the
Payment of his Arrears, which will be of the
Utmost Service to him in his Present Distress;
and which his humble Request, he Does not doubt
bat your Worships will grant, when you shall
be informed of his Necessity; and this your kind
Compliance shall not fail to most with the
Most grateful Acknowledgment from Your
Poor Petitioner, who,

As in Duty bound shall over Pray Etc Etc